bjorn_skurj Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I was so high when I ordered this, I had to look on my driver's license for my own zip code. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Speaking of re-masters: John Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth" Campaign Beatles auteur and solo provocateur John Lennon would have been 70 on October 9, so naturally that provides some great marketing opps: eight of Lennon's classic solo albums and other standout recordings have been digitally remastered, and while this is hardly the first time the legend's back catalogue has been revisited for remastering, these are being promoted as coming from Lennnon's "original mixes." Overseen by Yoko Ono, John Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth" campaign will launch on October 5 with the worldwide release of those eight remastered studio albums and several newly-compiled titles. Double Fantasy, 1980's GRAMMY Award winner for Album of the Year, will be presented in a newly remixed 'Stripped Down' version remixed and produced by Yoko Ono and Jack Douglas, co-producers of the original mix with John Lennon. The new stripped down version of the album comes in an expanded 2CD and digital edition pairing the new version with Lennon's original mix, remastered. The campaign's other new collections include: A hits compilation in two editions titled Power To The People: The HitsA 4CD set of themed discs titled Gimme Some TruthA deluxe 11CD collectors box with the remastered albums, rarities, and non-album singles, titled the John Lennon Signature Box All of the remastered albums and collections will be available on CD and for download purchase from all major digital service providers Lennon's widow Yoko Ono issued a statement: "In this very special year, which would have seen my husband and life partner John reach the age of 70, I hope that this remastering / reissue programme will help bring his incredible music to a whole new audience. By remastering 121 tracks spanning his solo career, I hope also that those who are already familiar with John's work will find renewed inspiration from his incredible gifts as a songwriter, musician and vocalist and from his power as a commentator on the human condition. His lyrics are as relevant today as they were when they were first written and I can think of no more apposite title for this campaign than those simple yet direct words 'Gimme Some Truth'." The albums have been digitally remastered from Lennon's original mixes by Yoko Ono and a team of engineers led by Allan Rouse at EMI Music's Abbey Road Studios in London and by George Marino at Avatar Studios in New York. All of the remastered titles will be packaged in digisleeves with replicated original album art and booklets with photos and new liner notes by British music journalist Paul Du Noyer. The albums to be reissued are: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)Imagine (1971)Some Time In New York City (1972)Mind Games (1973)Walls and Bridges (1974)Rock ‘n' Roll (1975)Double Fantasy Stripped Down (2010) / Double Fantasy (1980)Milk and Honey (1984) Yoko Ono added: "Double Fantasy Stripped Down really allows us to focus our attention on John's amazing vocals. Technology has advanced so much that, conversely, I wanted to use new techniques to really frame these amazing songs and John's voice as simply as possible. By stripping down some of the instrumentation the power of the songs shines through with an enhanced clarity. Double Fantasy Stripped Down will be complemented by the original album in the 2CD format. It was whilst working on the new version of this album that I was hit hardest emotionally, as this was the last album John released before his passing." Power To The People: The Hits gathers 15 of Lennon's most popular songs, and will be available as a 15-track single-disc and digital package, and as an Experience Edition with additional content. Both versions will be packaged in digisleeves with booklets including a new liner note essay by Du Noyer. Gimme Some Truth, to be packaged in a slipcase with rare photos and a new liner notes essays by American music journalist and author, Anthony DeCurtis, presents 72 of Lennon's solo recordings on four themed CDs: ‘Roots' - John's rock ‘n' roll roots and influences‘Working Class Hero' - John's socio-political songs‘Woman' - John's love songs‘Borrowed Time' - John's songs about life The John Lennon Signature Box is a deluxe 11CD and digital collection of the eight remastered albums, a disc of rare and previously unreleased recordings, and an EP of Lennon's non-album singles. The CDs will be housed in digisleeves within a deluxe box including a collectible limited edition John Lennon art print and a hardbound book featuring rare photos, artwork, collages, poetry, and new liner notes by DeCurtis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigideas Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 i will be interested to see the tracklistings. the last remasters have a few bonus tracks. no experimental box or cd with all their really weird recordings like Two Virgins,etc? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I figure they think no one would want to buy that stuff. Or maybe there are some legal issues concerning those albums that we don't know about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Spell check first man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigideas Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I figure they think no one would want to buy that stuff. Or maybe there are some legal issues concerning those albums that we don't know about. i have a feeling it wouldn't be something i'd want to listen to a lot, but i do kinda at least want to hear it once. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 i have a feeling it wouldn't be something i'd want to listen to a lot, but i do kinda at least want to hear it once. I have always liked The Simpson's version: Number Eight Paul McCartney Joins Ringo Starr Onstage in New York Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigideas Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I have always liked The Simpson's version: Number Eight yeah, that is a great episode. i don't remember it being that long with no one moving - i wonder if someone made it longer fixing on a freeze frame, but then looping the sound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I was wondering about that also. Apple Records Goes Digital First time ever in remastered and downloadable form for the legendary Beatles-hosted record label. Among the releases: Badfinger, James Taylor, Mary Hopkin and Modern Jazz Quartet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nalafej Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Everybody see the video from Ringo's 70th? Had a smile on my face as the surprise appearance of Paul and "Birthday" rolled out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Everybody see the video from Ringo's 70th? Had a smile on my face as the surprise appearance of Paul and "Birthday" rolled out. I just watched it on Youtube when I saw this so thanks. Very cool. And I get to see Paul next Wednesday! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Just saw the video of Jack White doing Mother Natures son at the White house (It's on Pitchfork right now). That takes some stones playing that song with McCartney and Obama sitting a few feet away. I thought he did a great job, brought his Jack Whiteness to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Just saw the video of Jack White doing Mother Natures son at the White house (It's on Pitchfork right now). That takes some stones playing that song with McCartney and Obama sitting a few feet away. I thought he did a great job, brought his Jack Whiteness to it.Watching it right now. I think Sasha and Melia (sp?) are thinking, "Why can't he be a Jonas brother?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Things were so very different back then ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/7887457/Revealed-photos-of-a-teenage-Beatles-fan.html Link to the photo gallery : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/7887319/At-home-with-the-Beatles-Sue-Bakers-unseen-photo-album.html George's ex-house is about a 20 minute cycle ride from me. Revealed: photos of a teenage Beatles fanA teenage Beatles fan amassed an extraordinary photograph album of her heroes at their homes after Sir Paul McCartney gave her his band mates' addresses.By Stephen Adams, Arts CorrespondentPublished: 1:43PM BST 13 Jul 2010 The singer told Sue Baker where to find John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr after she had been pestering him for weeks. Aged 15, she would take the train from Reading to his London home every weekend asking Sir Paul to pose for pictures and give his signature. Although he agreed to meet her, he soon tired of her persistence and jotted down the addresses of the other three on the back of an envelope as a distraction. Consequently she visited them at their suburban Surrey homes. Starr and Lennon lived near one another in Weybridge while Harrison lived in an Esher bungalow covered in psychedelic designs. Mrs Baker, now a 59-year-old grandmother, said the Fab Four were always willing to pose for pictures, with John Lennon once stopping security men escorting her off the property. As a girl she paid for her weekend adventures with two paper rounds, and often took her five-year-old brother Philip with her, who sometimes ended up playing with John Lennon's son Julian. Describing how she tracked down Sir Paul, she said: "I was a real Beatlemaniac and I remember reading in the Beatles Monthly magazine that Paul had moved into a new house. "It gave a description so I went with a friend to try and find it. It had electric gates and an old lamppost in the front garden. "We looked everywhere and eventually someone showed us where it was for half a crown. "From then on we went every weekend and Paul would always come out and sign things for us." Sir Paul then offered the other Beatles' addresses unprompted. "He asked if we visited the others and I said we didn't know where they lived," she said. "So he gave us their addresses and we started to visit them. Ringo and John lived up the road from each other in Weybridge and George lived in Esher. She recalled: "They would always answer the doors and speak with us. I remember John saying that if it weren't for people like me he wouldn't live in such a nice house." The teenager was not alone in her pilgrimage, however, and neighbours of the Beatles soon became annoyed with the visiting fans. But Mrs Baker said John Lennon once came to her rescue. "After a while the people who lived near John hired security because there were so many of us," she said. "They picked me and a friend up once and we insisted we were visiting John and he was expecting us. "They knocked on his door and when he came out he said we were right and he was expecting us and never to stop people from knocking on his door again." Mrs Baker, who kept up her visits from 1965 to 1967, has decided to sell the photographs, which she stored in a box in the attic of her Reading home. They will be sold at Cameo auctioneers in Reading on August 3. The album is expected to make several thousand pounds. Alan Pritchard, from the auction house, said: "This is a wonderful collection of unseen photographs and memorabilia. "There are a lot of Beatles fans across the world and I'm sure they'd all love this unique archive. "Already there has been a lot of interest as there always is with good Beatles memorabilia." Mrs Baker said: "I just hope someone gets enjoyment out of them. They bring back great memories for me." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 It was a different age then. I wonder how many celebrities would be so accommodating today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 It was a different age then. I wonder how many celebrities would be so accommodating today. you only really have to look at what Jeff Tweedy did a while back to that guy that got up on stage and tried to give him a pat on the back/hug - and that was on stage, where it should be pretty normally for that sort of thing to happen - to realize that probably nobody would be that accommodating now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 ...and sadly, John Lennon's murder probably has something to do with that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 ...and sadly, John Lennon's murder probably has something to do with that. yeah, true - but you have to think not many people have been murdered by their fans, however a lot of musicians have died from drugs, drink etc... but it's not stopped modern musicians still doing that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Cool link, I had never seen any of those pictures, thanks for that. I would never in a million years go knock on some famous persons door. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 holy geebus http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220616554478#ht_500wt_1154 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Sure it's authentic. It came straight from his Granny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 holy geebus http://cgi.ebay.com/...8#ht_500wt_1154This is the kind of thing my home would be filled with if I had too much money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I don't know, the whole "granny" thing and "Signed personally by the fab 4 in 1974 i think maybe later" makes me a little suspect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Yeah but even if it's fake it's only $233,325. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 how much is a normal (slightly beaten up - scratched, but does not skip) white album worth? the original version i mean - mono, uk etc... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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